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The book takes place during [[World War One]], and centers around [[the Diogenes Club]]'s efforts to investigate [[Germany]]'s attempt to make powerful, undead fliers. Heading up the German opperations are the likes of [[Rotwang]], [[Doctor Caligari]] and [[Doctor Mabuse]]. One of their more successful efforts is an undead flier known as [[the Red Baron]]. The story also features |
The book takes place during [[World War One]], and centers around [[the Diogenes Club]]'s efforts to investigate [[Germany]]'s attempt to make powerful, undead fliers. Heading up the German opperations are the likes of [[Rotwang]], [[Doctor Caligari]] and [[Doctor Mabuse]]. One of their more successful efforts is an undead flier known as [[the Red Baron]]. The story also features [[Edgar Allan Poe]] as a vampire writer assigned to [[ghost write]] the Red Baron's autobiography. |
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Revision as of 01:11, 13 November 2007
| Author | Kim Newman |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Anno Dracula series |
| Genre | Alternate History, Horror |
Publication date | 1995 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 358 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0-7867-0252-4 |
| Preceded by | Anno Dracula |
| Followed by | Judgement of Tears |
The Bloody Red Baron is a 1995 novel by British author Kim Newman. Is is the second book in the Anno Dracula series and takes place thirty years after the former.
Plot
The book takes place during World War One, and centers around the Diogenes Club's efforts to investigate Germany's attempt to make powerful, undead fliers. Heading up the German opperations are the likes of Rotwang, Doctor Caligari and Doctor Mabuse. One of their more successful efforts is an undead flier known as the Red Baron. The story also features Edgar Allan Poe as a vampire writer assigned to ghost write the Red Baron's autobiography.
Setting
The book is set in an alternate history universe where Professor van Helsing failed in his efforts to kill Dracula, leading to a vampire renaissance across the world. The book combines a large number of historical and fictional characters, as did its predecessor, Anno Dracula and pays tribute to a great many World War One movies and novels.
Fictional characters from other sources
The novel features a great many characters from other media, including TV and movies, as well as novels and short stories; some are directly named, while others are merely described. The following list is far from complete.
German
- Paul Bäumer
- Doctor Caligari
- Doctor Mabuse
- Professor Jakob ten Brincken
- Dracula
- Count Orlok
- Rotwang
- Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff
- Baron von Emmelman
English and Allied Forces
- Lord Ruthven
- Mycroft Holmes
- Kent Allard
- Doctor Arrowsmith
- Jake Barnes
- Biggles
- Tom Cundall
- Doctor Moreau
- Herbert West
- Simon Templar
- Private Charles Godfrey
Non-aligned
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